We have today added more pages to our new website, providing a number of case studies of our key areas of work, along with examples of the priority topics we are currently working on.
Dr William Sheate today testified on behalf of the Government of Nicaragua in the case of Nicaragua v Costa Rica (Border Road) at the United Nations’ International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands.
Dr Sheate was giving expert evidence on the need for an Environmental Impact Assessment to have been undertaken by Costa Rica prior to the construction of the 160km Border Road being built by Costa Rica close to the San Juan River, the border between Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Further information about the case can be found on the ICJ website.
Based on CEP’s work evaluating the Flood Resilience Community Pathfinders, Paula Orr is presenting on ‘Defining and Measuring Community Resilience to Climate Change: The Case of Flood Risk’ at the 2015 British Sociological Association Conference.
The Conference is held in Glasgow Caledonian University on the 15 – 17th of April (1515 on Friday).
Reference:
‘Defining and Measuring Community Resilience to Climate Change: The Case of Flood Risk’ (authors: Orr, P., Twigger-Ross, C., Brooks, K., Forrest, S.) at the British Sociological Association’s Annual Conference 2015 at the Glasgow Caldeonian University, 15 – 17 April.
